Scott Wykoff's Blog

Friday, February 5, 2010

Baltimore County Choppers

Motorcycles are not typically powered by diesel. Don't tell that to the folks in Lutherville at Monster Diesel.

Thanks to Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers fame there's a one of a kind diesel powered bike that now calls Baltimore County home.

Paul Sr. even delivered the custom made motorcycle to the Baltimore based diesel fuel additive manufacturer, Monster Diesel. Teutul himself unveiled the first of its kind diesel powered chopper and rode around Canton Square before presenting it onstage to principals of the company.

The whole deal was featured last night on TLC's American Chopper. 98 Rock's Micky Cucella even was seen on national TV introducing the Fu Manchu moustache wearing patriarch of Orange County Choppers to a crowd in Baltimore.

The diesel powered themed-chopper is all Monster Diesel.

Monster Diesel? It's a diesel fuel additive manufacturer based right here along York Road.

The engine on the bike is actually a converted diesel tractor motor. Teutul says the horsepower necessary to convert the three cylinder engine for use in a street legal motorcycle is imparted by the power boosting multifunctional additive.

"I haven't seen it done before," said Teutul, referring to the creation of a diesel powered bike. Orange County Choppers is also endorsing the Monster Diesel additive. "It's a rare occasion when OCC endorses a product, so if we stand behind something, it works," said Paul Teutul, Sr.

But where were Paul's sons Paul Jr. and Mikey when he brought the Monster Diesel bike to Baltimore?

The Teutul family is feuding amongst themselves. That means that Paul Sr. is no longer working with his sons at the family's company, Orange County Choppers. Paul Jr. has gone out on his own. Word has it Paul Sr. is now suing his son for more than a million bucks over his son's shares in Orange County Choppers Holdings, Inc. Apparently the friction between the two on TV was for real and right now they've reached a breaking point.